Chapter 255: The Scholar | Red Heart Survey [Translation]

Red Heart Survey [Translation] - Updated on April 10, 2025

Jiang Wang is not a bloodthirsty person.
Although he does not shy away from killing, he will not choose to kill unless it is necessary.
Growing up in a pharmacy since childhood, he has seen too much of life and death, lingering illness.
This did not make him take death lightly.
It is precisely because he has seen so much struggle on the line of life and death that he understands the preciousness of life even more.
But now, he is filled with murderous intent!
No one’s existence in this world is without reason.
No one’s growth can be isolated.
All extraordinary cultivators are built up by resources. In the final analysis, the reason why extraordinary cultivators who can reach the heavens and the earth can exist is the support of countless ordinary people.
Extraordinary cultivators enjoy extraordinary resources and should also bear extraordinary responsibilities.
This is Jiang Wang’s understanding of transcendence. It was also what the instructors repeatedly emphasized in the Dao Academy.
Although in his opinion, Dong A did not do it.
The city lord, as the lord of a domain, governs hundreds of thousands of people, controls their food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and even their birth, old age, sickness, and death.
This is not an honor, it is a heavy responsibility.
Taking good care of the people under their rule and making their lives stable and prosperous is the honor!
City Lord Sun Heng died in battle at Shubi Peak for Sanshan City, peeled off his human skin and put it on his youngest son, so that he could continue the unfinished business.
City Lord Dou Yuemei, for Sanshan City, gave up her future despite having a supernatural inner palace.
Even Wei Quji, who acted cruelly and was criticized, fought to the death for Fenglin City.
But what has the Xi family, who have ruled Jiacheng for so many years, done when Jiacheng City is facing a major disaster?
When Jiang Wang came to the Jiacheng city tower, what he saw was a deserted Jiacheng, a Jiacheng in decline.
The situation in Qingyang Town is already so critical, and the Jiacheng urban area, which is the source of the disaster, is naturally even more dangerous.
Even with Xi Zichu, who came from Dongwang Valley, doing his best to treat the sick, the speed of treatment could not keep up with the spread of the epidemic due to the lack of decisive administrative measures.
The extraordinary power in the Jiacheng urban area far exceeds that of Qingyang Town, but the population comparison is much greater than the difference in extraordinary power between the two sides.
Finally, it could no longer be concealed.
The common people are not fools.
When a person dies of illness, his family, friends, neighbors, and nearby blocks all know about it.
Even those who believe in the City Lord’s Mansion and those who are naive and optimistic will inevitably feel panic when they find that more and more people around them are dying.
At this time, people remembered the first few “rumormongers” and the “rumors” and “fallacies”.
“Jiacheng may have an epidemic!”
“The people of Jiacheng are in danger and must take immediate measures!”
“Please don’t go to crowded places, it’s best to stay at home…”
Those “bewildering” “fallacies” were finally remembered by people.
However, the corpses of those young doctors represented by Sun Ping were already cold.
Their severed heads once bore the anger and spurn of the people.
Their reputation was trampled on, their bodies were spurned, and everything could not be undone.
“Please go back! Jiacheng is closed these days!” the city guard shouted from afar.
Jiang Wang ignored it.
He walked closer in silence.
The city guards drew their swords one after another.
But they didn’t even see Jiang Wang make a move, and the swords in their hands were all broken.
Jiang Wang crossed the city gate, passed the city guards who looked at each other, and continued to walk forward.
At this critical moment, the entire extraordinary power of Jiacheng was gathered together.
This is the most vulnerable time for Jiacheng, but it is also the time when Jiacheng can react the fastest.
This street is very long.
Jiang Wang had only walked halfway when a person appeared at the end of the long street to block the way.
The man was wearing a scholar’s robe, had three strands of long beard, and had an elegant temperament.
Xi Zichu has been busy preparing medicines and has not slept for a long time. Xi Munan, as the city lord, has to coordinate the overall situation on the one hand, and deal with the questions from the Yang State court on the other hand, concealing the situation, and is unable to be everywhere at once.
Among the extraordinary cultivators in the Tenglong realm, only Counselor Liu could spare time.
So he came.
And he was very confident and did not bring any other helpers.
“A disciple of Confucianism?” Jiang Wang asked.
“I do admire Shushan.” Counselor Liu replied.
“What position do you hold?”
“I’m just a counselor in the City Lord’s Mansion, with no position or rank.”
“So you’re Xi Munan’s confidant.” Jiang Wang nodded, and then asked, “The charges against Sun Ping, and the public notices posted everywhere, I suppose you wrote them all?”
Counselor Liu did not deny it: “The writing is crude, I’m making the envoy laugh.”
“I know a Confucian disciple who came from the Four Great Academies, but his poems are extremely poor and his literary talent is far inferior to yours.”
“I am ignorant and inexperienced, the envoy is really praising me.”
Jiang Wang said: “But he is the real scholar. You are just a beast who reads books.”
Counselor Liu’s ability to maintain composure seemed to be excellent. Even though Jiang Wang spoke like this, he did not show any anger.
Instead, he smiled and said: “As the saying goes, education is for all, even birds and beasts. As long as they are willing to read, they are also scholars like us. What the envoy said is precisely the effect of education.”
“I am not speaking to you as an envoy of the Chongxuan family, but as the lord of Qingyang Town, to hold you accountable.”
“Qingyang Town is only assigned to the Chongxuan family for thirty years. To be precise, you are only the lord of Qingyang Town for thirty years.” Counselor Liu calmly added limitations and filled in gaps for Jiang Wang, and smiled with an attitude as if everything was under control: “Please ask. I will tell you everything I know.”
This person’s ability to argue is really extraordinary, more like a disciple of the School of Names than a Confucian disciple.
But Jiang Wang’s voice was as cold as ice: “I have already finished asking. Now it is accountability!”
He took a step forward and drew his sword.
Counselor Liu shook out a folding fan from somewhere and spread it out in front of him.
With just a light sound, Changxiangsi broke through like a bamboo, easily piercing this exquisite magic weapon folding fan.
The cold light was already close to his eyes.
Counselor Liu floated back and sang: “I am good at cultivating my Haoran Qi!”
A white expanse in front of him, the Qi rolls like a soaring dragon.
The most representative killing technique of Confucianism lies in the use of Haoran Qi.
Counselor Liu’s cultivation is undoubtedly strong.
But Jiang Wang at this moment is Jiang Wang who has been suppressing his murderous intent for ten whole days.
Killing is sometimes a means, and sometimes a purpose.
When it is a means, regardless of the reason.
When it is a purpose, there is no excuse.
“I don’t know that a black heart can generate righteousness!”
The sword rises with a long light.
The sun and moon shine brightly.
Jiang Wang swung his sword horizontally, and the dragon snake died and the white Qi was destroyed.
“You’ve gone down the wrong path!”
His footsteps crossed, the sword was behind him, and he was already face to face with Counselor Liu.
The killing intent in his heart expanded infinitely, expanded.
The Four Spirits Body Tempering Technique’s White Tiger Chapter automatically started to operate.
Jiang Wang’s eyes turned red, and he directly headbutted him!
Haoran Qi was broken, Counselor Liu reached into his arms and took out a wolf brush, just about to avoid it, when suddenly the wood energy in his body rioted, binding him from the inside out.
Binding Tiger!
Binding Tiger only trapped Counselor Liu in the Tenglong realm for a moment.
But Jiang Wang’s head had already hit him directly.
Their heads collided, and both leaned back.
Counselor Liu only felt darkness in front of his eyes.
Jiang Wang took the sword with his left hand, pulled it back from right to left, and a head flew into the air out of nowhere!

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Chapter 255: The Scholar

Chapter 286: Their Respective Cultivations

Chapter 285: Complex Feelings of Di Qing

Chapter 254: Unknown Fate

Chapter 284: Infinite Space’s Highest Reward Points

Chapter 253: How Should I Die